have it in one

have it in one (third-person singular simple present has it in one, present participle having it in one, simple past and past participle had it in one)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To be able to do something; to have the capacity to achieve something.

   Do you have it in you to show any respect, politeness, patience, or, God forbid, an ounce of forbearance?

   • 2007, Diablo Cody, Juno:

     MAC: Who’s the father, Juno? JUNO: Um… it’s Paulie Bleeker. MAC: Paulie Bleeker? I didn’t think he had it in him.

   • 2012, Annabel Bastione, Tossing Caesar's Salad:

     I spotted the demon eyeing me lustfully. Seems I still had it in me, I thought.

   • 2021, Ddeepak Arora, When Mornings Sleep‎^[1], Berlin: Verlag GD Publishing Ltd. & Co KG, →ISBN:

     Do not read this heart-wrenching story if you don’t have it in you to control your emotions!

• “have it in one”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “have it in one”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “have it in one”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “have it in you”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “have it in one”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.